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Megathread for Reddit News & App Shutdowns (beehaw.org)
submitted 1 year ago by alyaza@beehaw.org to c/technology@beehaw.org
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if you want to post links or discuss Reddit over the next while, please localize it to this thread in order to keep things tidy, thanks! (a more formal body may be forthcoming, but that'll come in the morning if so)

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[–] midas@ymmel.nl 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Why bother honestly

[–] Cube6392@beehaw.org 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

There are three possibilities.

  1. The developer thinks maybe they can make this work. Maybe there's a combination of a lower limit of API calls and an upper limit of what people are willing to pay for their app that will let them keep going.
  2. The developer's lawyer recommended that to sue reddit for destroying their livelihood they would need to demonstrate that they had tries with the new system and it wasn't feasible in order to make their case stronger
  3. The developer wants to take advantage of the third party landscape being just them now

Personally I think the first one is the most likely. It seems naive and bound for failure. But its also the least conspiracy theory and doesn't assume malice

[–] Bldck@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

Is Reddit as a business responsible for providing a livelihood for a third party developer? What would they be suing over? On what grounds?

[–] a_statistician@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago

The developer’s lawyer recommended that to sue reddit for destroying their livelihood they would need to demonstrate that they had tries with the new system and it wasn’t feasible in order to make their case stronger

Not sure how you get a cause of action for someone else's business decisions messing with your business, as a general rule. How would that work? I'm legitimately curious.

[–] worfamerryman@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

I agree, I’m OK to let that website die. We really are ready for decentralization and we just need to deal with the growing pains. But it will happen eventually.